Liberia Poverty Note : Tracking the Dimensions of Poverty

World Bank

Liberia Poverty Note : Tracking the Dimensions of Poverty

2012

World Bank

Poor governance and nearly fifteen years of brutal conflict have made Liberia one of the poorest countries in the world. An important objective for the democratically elected government of post-conflict Liberia is to reduce poverty. As part of its long-term vision plan, the Government is preparing a second Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) to set out its medium-term approach to poverty reduction. The current climate of peace and security, as well as continued improvements in the economy, offer the Government a unique opportunity to improve on the gains that it has made in reducing poverty under its previous PRS. However, as cross-country evidence has shown, growth alone is not sufficient for poverty reduction. The Government must also take steps to break the cycle of chronic poverty by ensuring that the poor are given opportunities and support to emerge from poverty, and that those who have emerged from poverty do not fall back into poverty. This poverty note is intended to assist the Government in formulating evidence based policies aimed at poverty reduction. This policy note draws from rich information provided by the 2007 and 2010 Core Welfare Indicator Questionnaires (CWIQs). It also benefits from qualitative data from a relatively large number of focus groups on gender and youth. In addition, the note benefits from the analysis contained in the 2011 human opportunities report for Liberia, which focuses in particular on access to education.

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Washington, DC

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Macroeconomic stability; Rural economic growth; Household assets; Labor market; Access to education; Chronic poverty; Household heads; Welfare indicator; Working-age population; Contraceptive use; Access to employment; Poverty status; Poverty line; Conflict; Livestock assets; Household size; Basic health; Family members; Income shocks; Chronic malnutrition; Male participation; Poor infrastructure; Poverty lines; Remote areas; Household poverty; Household welfare; Income support; Secondary schooling; Maternal mortality; Poverty analysis; Mother; Poverty head; Poverty data; Tertiary education; Life expectancy; Respect; Rural region; Human development; Household head; Targeting mechanisms; Fertility rate; National level; Access to infrastructure; Basic health services; Access to schools; Changes in poverty; Higher inequality; Means testing; Dimensions of poverty; Poverty gap; Development objectives; Access to food; Poverty measures; Poverty rate; Measurement of poverty; Civil war; Poor; National poverty headcount; Mobile clinics; National poverty; Gross national income; Secondary schools; Political economy analysis; Technical assistance; Poverty reduction strategy; International poverty line; Fertility rates; Food share; Access to health services; Population growth rate; Rural households; Poor children; Labor force; Food poverty; Social returns; Political economy; Food imports; Per capita consumption; Food self-sufficiency; Extended family; Contraceptive methods; Poverty levels; Drop in poverty; Poor women; Rural household; Determinants of poverty; Poverty severity; Gender gap; Woman; Physical health; Community resources; Inequality; Schooling; Impact on poverty; Sexual harassment; Peace; Access to safe drinking water; Land size; Food poverty line; Water for irrigation; Policy implications; Economic opportunities; Poverty estimates; Access to services; Poor families; Sexually active; Level of poverty; Poor household; Progress; Military personnel; Employment status; Poverty dynamics; Post-harvest losses; Asset holdings; Food consumption expenditure; Quality of education; Use of contraception; Indicators of poverty; Agricultural sectors; Correlates of poverty; Family income; Regional studies; Rural roads; Gender gap in education; Female-headed households; First marriage; Poor households; Ministry of education; Health centers; All-season roads; High fertility rate; Livestock ownership; Poorer households; Public works programs; Central region; Rural; International center for research on women; Post-conflict countries; Urban region; School children; Investment in education; Qualitative data; Early marriage; Poverty incidence; Unmarried women; Employment opportunities; Levels of education; Incidence of poverty; Decline in fertility; Low wages; Urban environments; Secondary school; Poor farmers; Use of contraceptives

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English

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CC BY 3.0 IGO, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/, World Bank

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